[GUIDE][ROOT][MAGISK] Photochrom Filter Enabler

[dlads]

I know what is the issue with your phone cause the same thing happened to me when installed magisk roms
I bet you're using one of them lol

Yea as I said I'm in xXx is due to factory mode not working which is related to the ROM..

I'm going to be jumping on carbon at some point.

 

[texasaggie1]

Doesn't work for me either

I'm on 10.5.13 and keep getting the same error that you are getting

Does this work on latest firmware? I keep getting this error

 

[dlads]

Thought I'd give it a shot on 12 nope.

Shame.

Tbh I barely used the photochrom but because it's gone now I want it back lol.

 

[JonnyJaap]

Thought I'd give it a shot on 12 nope.

Shame.

Tbh I barely used the photochrom but because it's gone now I want it back lol.

They made some changes, after the last update it is no longer possible to open the factory camera.

I also only use it very rarely, but when they sale a phone and marked with with 4 lenses, but changing 1 of the lenses to be used as an filter, not as an standalone, as intended. I fell ripped of.
Now it's 3 lens with a special filter.... I could image that it is possible to get very similar images without the ir lens.

Really a shame seeing how they active work against there customer..

 

[franco985]

They made some changes, after the last update it is no longer possible to open the factory camera.

I also only use it very rarely, but when they sale a phone and marked with with 4 lenses, but changing 1 of the lenses to be used as an filter, not as an standalone, as intended. I fell ripped of.
Now it's 3 lens with a special filter.... I could image that it is possible to get very similar images without the ir lens.

Really a shame seeing how they active work against there customer..

I am writing all day in OnePlus forum about that, I feel cheated by OnePlus

 

[__niflheim]

OnePlusCamera.apk simulated InfraredCamera flags

While examining OnePlusCamera.apk with a friend (see also: OnePlusCameraService.apk, CameraPicProcService.apk), we found flags for simulating the 'photochrom' (infrared) camera in the apk version from the official 10.5.13 images for the OnePlus 8 Pro (OnePlus8ProOxygen_15.O.22_OTA_022_all_2008080055(_29200cde68411c2)):

package com.oneplus.camera.hardware.camera2.wrappers;
...
/* compiled from: InfraredCameraBuilder.kt */
public final class InfraredCameraBuilder implements CameraInterfaceBuilder<Camera> {
    public static final Companion Companion = new Companion(null);
    private static final Feature FEATURE_ENABLE_IR_CAMERA = Feature.Companion.create("InfraredCameraBuilder.EnableInfraredCamera");
    /* access modifiers changed from: private */
    public static final Feature FEATURE_MODELS_TO_DISABLE_IR_CAMERA = Feature.Companion.create("InfraredCameraBuilder.ModelsToDisableInfraredCamera");
    private static final Feature FEATURE_SIMULATE_BY_UW_CAMERA = Feature.Companion.create("Simulation.OPInfraredCamera.UseUWCamera");
    private Boolean isRtbInfraredCameraSupported;
    private final Lazy modelsToDisable$delegate = LazyKt.lazy(InfraredCameraBuilder$modelsToDisable$2.INSTANCE);
...

package com.oneplus.camera.hardware.camera2.wrappers;
...
/* compiled from: OPInfraredCameraImpl.kt */
public final class OPInfraredCameraImpl extends OPSimpleFeatureCamera implements InfraredCamera {
    public static final Companion Companion = new Companion(null);
    /* access modifiers changed from: private */
    public static final Feature FEATURE_SIMULATE_BY_UW_CAMERA = Feature.Companion.create("Simulation.OPInfraredCamera.UseUWCamera");

package com.oneplus.camera.features;
....
        featureInitializer.set("Simulation.OPInfraredCamera.UseUWCamera", false);

This made us wonder whether 'Simulation.OPInfraredCamera.UseUWCamera' (fake infrared camera) might be somewhere in shared_prefs for the camera app, e.g. '/data/data/com.oneplus.camera/shared_prefs/' or similar.

I do not currently have the hardware myself. I just want to understand whether it is possible to somehow force enabling the real IR camera without paying USD 900+ for it beforehand. I tried to check using the Android emulator, but getting OnePlusCamera.apk to run was too difficult for me (custom ARM AVD using the official images would be needed as the apk contains native ARM code and checks system environment details, and I couldn't make it boot). Hence:

If someone with a root file manager would be interested in checking around in /data/data/com.oneplus.camera/shared_prefs or thereabouts for a value called 'Simulation.OPInfraredCamera.UseUWCamera', we might be able to find a way to turn it back on.

Do you see this value there somewhere?

EDIT:

Note that 'Simulation.OPInfraredCamera' and 'UseUWCamera' and similar do not occur anywhere in CameraPicProcService.apk, though simulation options for other cameras do. Also, OnePlusCameraService.apk is very simple internally and does not do any of this stuff in general. Internally, the 'photochrome' mode is referred to simply as 'InfraredCamera' and *'chrom'* does not appear in any relevant contexts except in some tutorial and menu-related text in other locations.

It kind of looks like the disabling changes may have been made entirely in OnePlusCamera.apk. However, OnePlusCamera.apk contains native code interfacing with the libraries for the camera drivers themselves, which have been updated in successive releases, so downgrading the apk without downgrading the entire release ROM breaks the camera app (as other users here have confirmed). Point being: even if shared_prefs does not contain the strings discussed above, it may still be possible to patch the apk with dexpatcher-tool or similar to hard-code a value to avoid the fake IR camera.

 

[dlads]

I'm running the latest NoLimits xXx ok an EU version of the 1+8 pro 10.5.12

Using the factory mode code:

*#808#

Then going to the camera tab

Then selecting the "back" "fourth" camera as a preview.

I can use the IR as expected.

Taking pictures isn't allowed but I can take a screen shot which is fine.

Not sure if this has been reported just my observation.

 

[franco985]

While examining OnePlusCamera.apk with a friend (see also: OnePlusCameraService.apk, CameraPicProcService.apk), we found flags for simulating the 'photochrom' (infrared) camera in the apk version from the official 10.5.13 images for the OnePlus 8 Pro (OnePlus8ProOxygen_15.O.22_OTA_022_all_2008080055(_29200cde68411c2)):

package com.oneplus.camera.hardware.camera2.wrappers;
...
/* compiled from: InfraredCameraBuilder.kt */
public final class InfraredCameraBuilder implements CameraInterfaceBuilder<Camera> {
    public static final Companion Companion = new Companion(null);
    private static final Feature FEATURE_ENABLE_IR_CAMERA = Feature.Companion.create("InfraredCameraBuilder.EnableInfraredCamera");
    /* access modifiers changed from: private */
    public static final Feature FEATURE_MODELS_TO_DISABLE_IR_CAMERA = Feature.Companion.create("InfraredCameraBuilder.ModelsToDisableInfraredCamera");
    private static final Feature FEATURE_SIMULATE_BY_UW_CAMERA = Feature.Companion.create("Simulation.OPInfraredCamera.UseUWCamera");
    private Boolean isRtbInfraredCameraSupported;
    private final Lazy modelsToDisable$delegate = LazyKt.lazy(InfraredCameraBuilder$modelsToDisable$2.INSTANCE);
...

package com.oneplus.camera.hardware.camera2.wrappers;
...
/* compiled from: OPInfraredCameraImpl.kt */
public final class OPInfraredCameraImpl extends OPSimpleFeatureCamera implements InfraredCamera {
    public static final Companion Companion = new Companion(null);
    /* access modifiers changed from: private */
    public static final Feature FEATURE_SIMULATE_BY_UW_CAMERA = Feature.Companion.create("Simulation.OPInfraredCamera.UseUWCamera");

package com.oneplus.camera.features;
....
        featureInitializer.set("Simulation.OPInfraredCamera.UseUWCamera", false);

This made us wonder whether 'Simulation.OPInfraredCamera.UseUWCamera' (fake infrared camera) might be somewhere in shared_prefs for the camera app, e.g. '/data/data/com.oneplus.camera/shared_prefs/' or similar.

I do not currently have the hardware myself. I just want to understand whether it is possible to somehow force enabling the real IR camera without paying USD 900+ for it beforehand. I tried to check using the Android emulator, but getting OnePlusCamera.apk to run was too difficult for me (custom ARM AVD using the official images would be needed as the apk contains native ARM code and checks system environment details, and I couldn't make it boot). Hence:

If someone with a root file manager would be interested in checking around in /data/data/com.oneplus.camera/shared_prefs or thereabouts for a value called 'Simulation.OPInfraredCamera.UseUWCamera', we might be able to find a way to turn it back on.

Do you see this value there somewhere?

EDIT:

Note that 'Simulation.OPInfraredCamera' and 'UseUWCamera' and similar do not occur anywhere in CameraPicProcService.apk, though simulation options for other cameras do. Also, OnePlusCameraService.apk is very simple internally and does not do any of this stuff in general. Internally, the 'photochrome' mode is referred to simply as 'InfraredCamera' and *'chrom'* does not appear in any relevant contexts except in some tutorial and menu-related text in other locations.

It kind of looks like the disabling changes may have been made entirely in OnePlusCamera.apk. However, OnePlusCamera.apk contains native code interfacing with the libraries for the camera drivers themselves, which have been updated in successive releases, so downgrading the apk without downgrading the entire release ROM breaks the camera app (as other users here have confirmed). Point being: even if shared_prefs does not contain the strings discussed above, it may still be possible to patch the apk with dexpatcher-tool or similar to hard-code a value to avoid the fake IR camera.

Maybe if you carry out the same investigation on a previous version of camera app, for example camera app from 10.5.8, you could figure out the differences.

 

[drevel123]

I'm running the latest NoLimits xXx ok an EU version of the 1+8 pro 10.5.12

Using the factory mode code:

*#808#

Then going to the camera tab

Then selecting the "back" "fourth" camera as a preview.

I can use the IR as expected.

Taking pictures isn't allowed but I can take a screen shot which is fine.

Not sure if this has been reported just my observation.

Thank you very much for this tip. I'm on 10.5.13 (EU), using the factory mode code nothing happened. After installing the latesr NoLimits xXx the method you described also works for me.

 

[dlads]

Thank you very much for this tip. I'm on 10.5.13 (EU), using the factory mode code nothing happened. After installing the latesr NoLimits xXx the method you described also works for me.

Very welcome mate.

Yep after upgrading to .13 it also didn't work for me, then after installing xXx the code worked again.

I'd imagine this is the factory mode switch being enabled via installing xXx..

So in theory it could be enabled by just using a module to enable factory mode..

Or just stick with xXx

 

[natee22]

Download broken, Is there any way you could reupload?

 

[gsser]

So this module broke the sims, camera and others. Removed the module and now i have no camera app nice.

 

[gsser]

fortunately i could get it back with this https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/oneplus-ltd/oneplus-camera/oneplus-camera-5-8-100-release/.
don't know if anything else is missing though but everything seems to be working as normal

 

[omega552003]

Warning : Do not install!
If you're running OOS newer than the ones mentioned in the first post, you will not get Photochrome. Also this completely removed the system app camera.

Only way to recover camera functionality is to reinstall the module then install the OnePlus Camera app version 5.9.55.